Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Lang

Wolfgang Lang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9895757
    Abstract: A reamer has a basic tool body made of hard metal (12) and a plate-like cutting insert (18) inserted into a recess (28) at the front. The cutting insert (18) is at least partially made of polycrystalline diamond, its cutting edges (20) situated axially offset relative to the cutting edges (30) on the basic tool body (12), thus engaging with the workpiece later.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC
    Inventors: Michael Hacker, Sebastian Kunschir, Armin Zimmermann, Xaver Spichtinger, Wolfgang Lang, Michaela Götz, Heinrich Manner
  • Patent number: 9810160
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining a temperature in a pressurized flow path of a gas turbine comprising the steps of sending an acoustic signal from an acoustic signal emitting transducer across a section of the pressurized flow path, detecting the acoustic signal with a receiving transducer, measuring the time needed by the acoustic signal to travel from the acoustic signal emitting transducer to the receiving transducer, calculating the speed of sound, and calculating the temperature as a function of the speed of sound, the heat capacity ratio (?) and a specific gas constant (Rspec) of the gas flowing in the pressurized flow path. Besides the method, a gas turbine with a processor and transducers arranged to carry out such a method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Lang, Jürgen Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20160354849
    Abstract: A reamer has a basic tool body made of hard metal (12) and a plate-like cutting insert (18) inserted into a recess (28) at the front. The cutting insert (18) is at least partially made of polycrystalline diamond, its cutting edges (20) situated axially offset relative to the cutting edges (30) on the basic tool body (12), thus engaging with the workpiece later.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Michael HACKER, Sebastian Kunschir, Armin Zimmermann, Xaver Spichtinger, Wolfgang Lang, Michaela Götz, Heinrich Manner
  • Patent number: 9376964
    Abstract: A control system for at least one of steam turbines, gas turbines or power plants includes a sensor system configured to monitor predefined operating parameters, the sensor system including redundant sensors. A central processor arrangement of the control system has an input side configured to receive measurement data from the sensor system and an output side configured to communicate with operation control elements of the turbines or power plants. A sensor side processor circuit is assigned at least to the redundant sensors, the processor circuit being configured to continuously check the sensors for error-free operation, to protect or block the input side of the central processor arrangement from erroneous signals, and to only respectively forward or further process signals from a sensor that has been identified as error-free in one channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Lang, Hanspeter Zinn, Heinz Bollhalder, Xabier Antonanzas
  • Publication number: 20160011030
    Abstract: A method is provided for measuring the mass flow of a stream of a gaseous medium of elevated first temperature flowing through a specific pipe. The method includes providing a reference stream of the gaseous medium with a known mass flow and a second temperature being substantially lower than the first temperature. The method further includes mixing the reference stream with said stream of a gaseous medium of elevated first temperature flowing through said specific pipe. The measure resulting temperature of the mixture of the reference stream and said stream of a gaseous medium of elevated first temperature flowing through the specific pipe is measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang LANG, Hanspeter Zinn, Maria-Belen Gasser-Pagani
  • Publication number: 20140144156
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining a temperature in a pressurized flow path of a gas turbine comprising the steps of sending an acoustic signal from an acoustic signal emitting transducer across a section of the pressurized flow path, detecting the acoustic signal with a receiving transducer, measuring the time needed by the acoustic signal to travel from the acoustic signal emitting transducer to the receiving transducer, calculating the speed of sound, and calculating the temperature as a function of the speed of sound, the heat capacity ratio (?) and a specific gas constant (Rspec) of the gas flowing in the pressurized flow path. Besides the method, a gas turbine with a processor and transducers arranged to carry out such a method is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Wolfgang LANG, Jürgen HOFFMANN
  • Patent number: 7837418
    Abstract: Twist drill with a drill shaft and a cutting part that extends to a drill tip, with spiral chip flutes along the cutting part that form a drill core, wherein the drill diameter and/or core thickness diminish or taper from the drill tip toward the shaft. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignees: Kennametal Inc., Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Lang, Günter Schreiner
  • Publication number: 20070237594
    Abstract: Twist drill with a drill shaft and a cutting part that extends to a drill tip, with spiral chip flutes along the cutting part that form a drill core, wherein the drill diameter and/or core thickness diminish or taper from the drill tip toward the shaft. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfgang LANG, Gunter SCHREINER
  • Publication number: 20030236169
    Abstract: For producing a superconducting circuit, a film (12) consisting of a cuprate superconductor material is generated on a substrate (13), wherein the superconductor material is in the superconducting state at an operating temperature of the superconducting circuit to be produced, and then the film is irradiated by projecting an energetic ion radiation onto the film through a mask (11) positioned at a distance from the film and protecting selected areas of the film from being irradiated, the mask comprising a structure pattern transparent to the ion radiation but otherwise opaque to the ion radiation. Areas (14) not protected by the mask are irradiated with an ion dose being sufficiently low to avoid degradation of the crystal structure of the first film but being sufficient to inhibit superconductivity of the film with respect to the operating temperature; ion doses are preferably in the range of 0.8·1015 and 2·1015 ions/cm2 or below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Wolfgang Lang, Dieter Bauerle, Johannes D. Pedarnig, Ewald Cekan, Elmar Platzgummer, Hans Loschner
  • Patent number: 5755354
    Abstract: A metal beverage can with a cup portion (10) closed at the bottom and open t the lid, and a lid portion (20) has a closable pouring opening (18) and is flanged with a flanged edge (12) onto a lid-facing edge (16) of the cup portion with a gasket (14) clamped between said flanged edge and the lid-facing edge. The lid portion (20) has, according to the invention, a pouring dome (24) connected on the inside through a circular drop-catching trough (22) to the flanged edge (12), and is curved convexly upwardly beyond the upper edge of the flanged edge, and the pouring dome has an axially centrally upwardly projecting essentially cylindrical pouring connection (26) having the pouring opening (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Engelbrauerei Schwaebisch Gmuend, Luise Lang GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Lang
  • Patent number: D436538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Engelbrauerei Schwabisch Gmund Luise Lang GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Lang
  • Patent number: D442865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Engelbrauerei Schwabisch Gmund Luise Lang GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Lang